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| #5223 (Received by flhurricane at: 1:51 AM 15.Aug.2004) TCPAT3 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM CHARLEY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 24A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 2 AM EDT SUN AUG 15 2004 ...CHARLEY STILL PACKING A PUNCH AS IT RACES TOWARD NEW ENGLAND... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NEW HAVE CONNECTICUT TO MERRIMACK RIVER MASSACHUSETTS...AND FOR EASTERN LONG ISLAND FROM FIRE ISLAND EASTWARD. AT 2 AM EDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHARLEY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 39.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 73.8 WEST OR ABOUT 40 MILES EAST OF ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY. THIS IS ALSO ABOUT 255 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTAUK POINT ON THE EASTERN TIP OF LONG ISLAND. CHARLEY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS MOTION SHOULD BRING THE CENTER OF CHARLEY NEAR SOUTHEASTERN NEW ENGLAND LATER THIS MORNING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. CHARLEY IS RAPIDLY LOSING TROPICAL CHARCTERISTICS AND IS EXPECTED TO BECOME AN EXTRATROPICAL LOW PRESSURE LATER TODAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER. SHORTLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT... A SHIP SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER OF CHARLEY REPORTED A SUSTAINED WIND OF AT LEAST 45 MPH. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1014 MB...29.94 INCHES. TIDES OF 1 TO 2 FT ABOVE NORMAL ARE POSSIBLE IN THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY ALONG THE PATH OF CHARLEY OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST U.S. COASTAL STATES. REPEATING THE 2 AM EDT POSITION...39.2 N... 73.8 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1014 MB. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM EDT. FORECASTER STEWART |
